Written by Oiwan Lam On June 16, 2012, China successfully launched the Shenzhou-9 capsule, the country’s fourth manned space mission. In order to celebrate this national feat, Chinese portal website Sina Weibo, has invited netizens to “write letters to the Shenzhou 9 capsule”. However, some have taken this opportunity to criticize excessive spending on a space […]
Puerto Princesa Underground River win in New 7 Wonders leads to minitourism boom
Puerto Princesa City, Philippines: A week after the popular online and SMS text message vote contest released the preliminary list of seven as one of the worlds top choices for nature’s New Seven Wonders, Philippine Airlines has announced it will increase the size of planes flying there from Airbus A320 to A300-330 series aircraft […]
War in Afghanistan
Crystal! Soldiers engaged in battle speak a different language in tone and tenor than what we get to hear in peace time. This is very well understood by military commanders who realise that their men are undergoing fatigue of war. It is not taken as an expression of disloyalty or threat of a coup. […]
Will Sweden’s Pirate Party Make an Impact in the European Parliament?
Running on a campaign to reform copyright and piracy laws, Sweden’s Pirate Party has won a seat in the European Parliament. But will they get their platform across? Pirate Party Now Ranked Fifth Among Swedish Parties The party, led by Rickard Falkvinge, has gained a foothold in the European parliament after months of media attention […]
Madagascar Opposition Refuses Referendum, Claims Power Again
Over the weekend, Andry Rajoelina said he had taken control of the government, though the elected president has refused to resign. Rajoelina Says He’s Taken Control of Country Again On Sunday Madagascar’s President Marc Ravalomanana offered to have the Malagasy people vote on their leadership in a referendum, after refusing to resign in a four-hour […]
Pakistan to reinstate chief justice
Pakistani current government has announced that they will re-appoint Iftikhar Chaudhry, the deposed chief justice, in order to end the country’s political crisis and end a protest march that was about to reach Islamabad today to turnover the current party. Pakistan’s prime minister, Yusuf Raza Gilani, said Chaudhry would be reinstated as Pakistan’s supreme court chief justice on March 21 […]
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